Advertising manikin



Feb. 5 1924'. I

1.. a. SIMONSON ADVERTISING MANIKIN Filed July 13, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet l Feb. 5 1924. Y

L. B. SEMONSON ADVERTISING MANIKIN.

Filed July 13, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Feb 5, i824 airs nearer LEO B. SIIK'IONSON, F NEVVMYORK; N. Y.

anvnnrrsine- MANIKIN.

Application filed July 13, 3.923. Serial No. 651,288.

liew York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Advertising hilamkins, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to display or advertising novelities of the type comprising mechanically operated figures or inanilrins which are placed in windows or other points for display, the present invention being designed more particularly for use in connection with beauty parlors.

The invention has for an object to .provide a novel display device of this type in manikin goes through certain motions such as are used in connection with the work of the establishment in whose window the device is placed.

F or further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

F 1 of the drawings is a vertical sectional view showing my improved display device, this view being taken on the line l1 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken by the rod is moved vertically upward, a

spring '23. pressing the rod downward.

Connected at. one end to the rod by a'slot and pin connection is one end of a lever 26 whose opposite endhas connected thereto the lower end of a link 27' whose upperend connects to a short arm 28 on a shaft 29 journaled' in the shoulders of the manikin andhaving thearms80 fixed thereto. The lever is fulcrumed between its-ends as at 32 to the post 17, the fulcrum point being relatively nearthat end'of the lever which connects to the rod" 20 so that a rotary movement in: its bearings will be imparted to the shaft 29as'the manili'in rocks on the post 17 and the arms .of' the 'manilrin willbe caused to move up which a mechanically actuatedduinmyorand down. Upon the coverlll is a second manilrin M which is shown as reclining in a chair 35 and the hands of the first inanikin are so positioned as to move in close proximity to the face of the second manikin.

The cam element 22 is feathered on one end of a shaft 38 which has a large gear 39 fixed on its opposite end, this gear meshing with a small pinion 40 on one end of the shaft 41 of an electric motor which coniprises a pair of field members 42 and armature 43, a flywheel being shown 44- on the shaft ll. It is to be understood that I may employ if desired any conventional type of electric motor. The cam member 22 is generally of the form of a trunon the line 2-2 of 1.

Fig. 3 is a partial side view showing an alternate form of manilrin carrying top.

As here embodied by improved device comprises a circular casing 10 having a flat 0 top 11 which is removable, the casing b ing mounted on a base 12. Within the casing is mounted a motor mechanism adapted to give a compound movement to a manikin mounted on the top 11. Referring now to Fig. l of the drawing the manilrin is indicated generally at 15 and is pivoted at its hip portion as zit-16 for back and forward movement, on a post 17 fixed to the cover 11, the post connecting to a rigid horizontal bar 18 in the maniltin. Connected to the bar 18 near the front end thereof is the cated cone parallel on one side with the shaft 38 and inclined at its other side to the shaft as will be understood, the lower end of the rod 20 hearing on this cone.

The cam 22 is adapted to have longitudinal movement impartedthereto as it rotates, and this is here accomplished by means of a worm pinion 48 on the shaft 38 which meshes with worm gear 49 on a stub shaft 50, this worm gear having eccen-' trically connected thereto one end of a link 51 whose opposite end is connected to a collar :32 freely engaged in a circumferential groove 53 in a hub extension 54 of the cam 22.

As will be apparent from the above description the cam 22 will be shifted graduupper end of a rod 20 which extends downwardly through a suitable guide aperture 2]. in the cover 11 to engage a cam member 22 to be presently further alluded to, whereally back and forth on the shaft 38 and in consequence the throw of the rod 20 will constantly vary, with a consequent variation of the rocking movement imparted to the body of the manikin 15 and the oscillatory movement imparted to its arms.

As shown in Fig. 3 I may substitute for the top 11 a second top 11 on which is a manikin 15 adapted to be moved by the mechanism in the casing 10, the same as the manikin 15. This second manikin preferably carries in one hand a switch 60 of curled hair which is alternately raised and lowered to be dipped into and removed from a jar 61 containing water and carried on the top 11 to show that the wetting of the hair does not affect the curl imparted thereto.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows: v

1. A display device comprising a base, a manikin movably mounted thereon,a motor, and an operative connection between said motor and manikin whereby oscillatory movements of successively varying extent are imparted to the manikin.

2. A display device comprising a base, a manikin movably mounted thereon, a motor, and an operative connection between said motor and manikin whereby oscillatory movements of successively varying extent are imparted to the manikins, said operative connection including a shaft driven by the motor, a conical element feathered on said shaft, worm and gear end pinion elements for moving said conical element along said shaft, and a member bearing on said conical element and operatively connected to said manikin.

3. A display device comprising a base, a manikin thereon, and means for imparting movement of constantly varying extent to the said manikin, said means including a shaft, a truncated conical cam feathered on said shaft, means for rotating said shaft, means for sliding said cam along said shaft, and means forming an operating connection between said cam and the manikin.

4:. A display device comprising a base, a

manikin thereon, and means for imparting movement of constantly varying extent to the said manikin, said means including a shaft, a truncated conical cam feathered on said shaft, means for rotating said shaft, means for sliding said cam along said shaft, and means forming an operating connection between said cam and the manikin, said last means including a rod engaging said cam, and a spring pressing said rod against said cam.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

LEO. B. SIMONSON. 

